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TIL that US nuclear power plants, by law, are built strong enough to withstand the impact of a fully-loaded commercial airliner without rupturing

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jND0p TIL the oldest woman to climb El Capitan is the mother of Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) who did it at the age of 66. Her first time in a climbing gym was when she was 57.
OoxLg TIL despite being an equatorial, tropical country, there are permanent glaciers in The Republic of the Congo. The Rwenzori mountains reach upwards of 16,000 feet in elevation, allowing temperatures cold enough to allow snow accumulation and glacier formation year round
1aBB8 TIL Kobe Bryant and his parents are not on speaking terms because they don't approve of his interracial marriage and because they sold his high school memorabilia.
XKbQ TIL Buddha thinks that being born as a female is a result of a bad Karma
XEBvj TIL as part of the Imperial Examination in Ming and Qing dynasty China, candidates would bring stationery, food, water, bedding and a chamber pot to be isolated with in a tiny room for 3 days and 2 nights to write essays. If any died, the bodies were simply wrapped in a mat and tossed over the wall.